What the document says“$1,000,000,000 for the deployment of military personnel in support of border operations, operations and maintenance activities in support of border operations, counter-narcotics and counter-transnational criminal organization mission support, the operation of national defense areas and construction in national defense areas, and the temporary detention of migrants on Department of Defense installations”
The section appropriates $1,000,000,000 to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029, for six uses: deploying military personnel in support of border operations; operations and maintenance in support of those operations; counter-narcotics and counter-transnational criminal organization mission support; operating national defense areas; construction in national defense areas; and temporarily detaining migrants on Department of Defense installations. The money is provided in accordance with chapter 15 of title 10, United States Code.
What the document actually says“$1,000,000,000 for the deployment of military personnel in support of border operations, operations and maintenance activities in support of border operations, counter-narcotics and counter-transnational criminal organization mission support, the operation of national defense areas and construction in national defense areas, and the temporary detention of migrants on Department of Defense installations”
The sum is $1 billion. It sends troops to the border and keeps them there. It funds drug work and national defense areas. It also holds migrants on military bases for a short time.
Six uses are named in one sentence. The money runs through September 30, 2029. It is tied to a chapter of an older law that is not indexed here.
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